Carpenter&#39;s and mechanic&#39;s apron



March 19, 1957 w. E. I AcKEY CARPENTER'SANDMECHANIC'S APRoN Filed Aug.17, 1953 MUA/w E LAC/ 5);

IN VEN TOR.

TTOQNEY.

United CARPENTERS AND MECHANIEC@ APRN William E. Lackey, Culver City,Calif., assigner, by decree of distribution, to Mary Alice Lachey Myinvention relates to aprons and more specifically to an apron peculiarlyadaptable for use by workmen, such as carpenters and mechanics, andwhereby they are enabled to carry a variety of articles, such as nails,tools and other relatively heavy objects and which may be needed orrequired While performing their normal duties as such workmen.

Heretofore, carpenters and mechanics aprons have had many disadvantageswhile in use, such as for example, they have been of considerable lengthand were also secured at their lower ends to the workmans cloth ing oraround his legs; that when loaded with tools and the like, they haveunduly restricted the freedom of movement of the worker, particularlywhen the wearer suddenly bends over to the front, at which movement thecontents of the pockets were many times spilled or dumped out of suchpockets; and they have materially interfered with the ease and comfortof the wearer when he assumes a squatting position.

It is the general object of my invention to provide a novel apron whichwill be substantially free or devoid of the disadvantages above referredto.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel Workmans apron which isso constructed and arranged that it will afford the wearer a maximum offreedom of movement, and whereby likelihood of the articles carried bythe apron being accidentally displaced therefrom is reduced to aminimum.

Another object is to provide a novel apron for workmen which will adordmaximum comfort and a minimum of constraint to the wearer when heassumes a squatting position.

A further object is to provide a novel workmans apron with a pluralityof pockets or carrying articles, and whereby the pockets are so arrangedand constructed to provide additional pockets.

The invention resides in the parts and combination and arrangement ofthe parts as more fully hereinafter described in detail in theaccompanying specification and dened in the claims.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from theaccompanying drawing, the subjoined detail description, and the appendedclaims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention in a form I atpresent deem preferable.

Figure 1 is a front elevational view, slightly in perspective, showing acarpenters apron constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2, Fig. l,and showing in edge elevation an article carried in one of the pockets.

The numeral indicates a belt which may be of webbing, as shown, or ofany other material that may be adjusted as to length by the buckle means11, preferably of the quick detachable type. The belt 10 is of suitablewidth for supporting weights without imposing any constraint on themovements of the wearer.

Depending from the belt 1() are a plurality of article Frater @arent2,785,409 Patented Mar. 19, 1957 carrying members 12a, 12b that form atwo-part apron member 12. The members 12a and 12b are substantiallyidentical in construction, in so far as my invention is concerned, and adescription of one will suffice for the other, and like numerals may beequally employed for either member. The apparent differences betweenmembers 12a and 12b is the relative size of the front pocket or pouch17; the type and character of the auxiliary tool supports A and Bforming no part of this invention.

A relatively large back pocket or rear pouch 13 is formed preferablyfrom a single piece or strip of leather C, the rear wall 13 formingpocket 13 being secured along its upper and free ends 13 to the belt 1t)by any suitable leather rivets 14. The strip of leather C is folded uponitself as at 31 to form the front wall 15 of pocket 13 and such frontwall 15 extends upwardly in front of, and spaced from, the rear wall 13to a point below the free end 13 where it is turned forwardly oroutwardly from the front wall 15. The vertically extending free sideedges 32, 33 of the wall members 13 and 15 are secured together in anysuitable manner as by the double row of stitching 34. The oblique lowercorners 3S of the wall members 13 and 1S forming the pocket 13 beingadditionally connected together by a plurality of leather rivets 16.

The outturned and downturned edge 36 of front wall member 15 is securedto the forward surface of wall 15 by a row of stitching 37. p

The front member 15 is wider than the rear wall member 13 so that whensuch members are secured together with the side edges thereof inalignment the front wall member 15 will bow outwardly and provide anopen mouthed pocket 13 for easy insertion of the hand in the placementof articles within or the removal of articles from the pocket 13.

To the front wall ofeach back pouch 13 is secured a front pocket orpouch 17 that is preferably formed from a single piece or strip ofleather that is folded upon itself intermediate its ends as at 38, theninfolding the side edges d of the strip and securing them together bystitching 39. The lower corners of pouch 17 are secured to the frontwall 15 by rivets 19; the upper end of rear or back wall 1S of pouch 17is inserted underneath the downturned edge 36 before it is stitched tothe outside of front wall 15. The upper corners of the rear wall 18 ofpouch 17 are secured to the front wall 15 by rivets 19'. The front wall4l of front pouch 1'7 extends upwardly in front of, and spaced from, therear wall 18 to a point just below the edge 36 where it is turnedoutwardly and downwardly and then secured to the front wall 41 as bystitching 4Z in a manner analogous to the edge 36.

The upper corners of the front wall 41 of front pouch 17 are preferablysecured by rivets 43 to the inturned side edges d. p

The front wall member 41 of pouch 17 is wider than the rear wall member18 thereof so that when such members il and 13 are secured together bythe stitching 39 with the side edges thereof in alignment the front wallmember 41 will bow outwardly and provide an open mouthed pocket or pouch17 for easy insertion and removal of articles into and from the pouch17.

lt will be apparent from the foregoing that the back wall 13 of pouch 17is free from the front. wall 15 except for its line of securement alongthe top of the rear wall 13 to the upper edge 36, and fo-r itssecurement at the lower corners thereof by the rivets 19; and therebyforms another pouch or chamber 3Q `intermediate the front wall 15 of thelarge pouch 13 and the rear wall 1S of the smaller pouch 17, and int-owhich chamber 30 the wearer may carry a large tape measure 21, and whichas indicated in Figs. l and 2 'may be a standard 50 foot tape measure,and a like tape measure may also be accommodated in the pouch 311 thatis formed between the rear pouch 13 and front pouch 17 on the member12b.

The lower portion of the round case of the tape 21. may nestle in thepocket or pouch 30 between the rivets 19 as the folded edge 38 is spacedat 44 from the front wall member 1S Iof rear pouch 13, except at thepoint of. counectionthereto by the rivets 19.

The article carrying members 12a and 12b are suspended from .belt withtheir inner side edges 45m substantial alignment with 1each other whenthe belt it? is laid in a `horizontal position. (The space between edges45' as shown in Fig. 1 is for purposes of more clarity.) The carryingmembers and Vpouches thereon normally hang vertically from the belt 1t),Vand when the wearer lbends over forwardly the pouches willswing forwardin a vertically depending position, and likelihood of artic-les carriedthereby from falling therefrom, is reduced to a minimum. Also, when thewearer moves to a squatting position, the members 12a and 12b 'are freeto slide along, and the lower edges thereof move outwardly, on the upperlsurface of the thighs 4of the wearer until such outward movement isarrested by a strap 22 connecting the lower and inner edges or cornersof said members 12a and 12b. The strap 22 will normallyassume anoutwardly looped .position when the apron is hanging vertically from thebelt 10.

The front top edge of wall 41 of pocket 17 being downturned forms a weltwhich when the side edges d Vare inturned and stitched at 39 will tendto normally hold said front edge in a bowed Aposition so that the mouthof pocket 17 is normally open.

I claim:

1. A carpenters and mechanics'apron comprising: a =belt member; a twopart apron member, each part having a back pouch with its back wallsupported by its upper margin being connected to said belt; a frontpouch with its back` wall supported by its upper margin from the upperportion of the front wall of the back pouch, and secured at its lowercorners to the front wall of the yback pouch; the space between thefront wall of the back pouch and the back wall ofthe front pouchproviding a chamber intermediate the back and front pouch-es.

2. A carpenters and mechanics apron comprising: a belt member; a twopart apron member, each part being secured along its upper margin tosaid belt, the'inner edges of each member being unattached and adaptedto spread apart when the wearer assumes a squatting position; articleretaining means mounted on each apron part; and means` connected to thelower inner corners of each part to permit and limit the spreadingmovement of said parts.

3. A carpenters and mechanics apron as set forth in claim 1, and inwhich in addition includes a flexible strap connecting the lower-cornersof the apron parts and to permit and limit movement of 'each part memberaway from'each other.

4. A carpenters and mechanics apron comprising: a

belt member; a two part apron member, each part beingl secured along itsupper margin to said belt, and being separable from each other so as tospread apart when the wearer assumes a squatting position; each apronpart forming a back pouch, the back wall of said pouch being supportedby its upper margin being connected to said belt; a front pouch havingback wall supported by its upper margin from the upper portion of thefront wall of the back pouch, and secured at each of its lower cornersto the front wall of the back pouch, and forming a space between thefront wall of the back pouch and the back wall of the front pouchthereby providing a chamber intermediate the back and front pouches; andmeans connected. to the lower inner corners of each part to limit thespreading movement of said parts.

5. An article of manufacture comprising an apron member including yaback member folded upon itself and having its side edges securedtogether to form `a rear pocket member; a front member folded uponitself and having its side edges inturned and secured together to form afront pocket member; the upper edge of the front wall of the rear pocketmember being outwardly folded upon itself; the upper edge of the rearwall of the front pocket member being inserted underneaththe folded overupper edge `of the front wall of the rear pocket member; means securingthe folded over top edge of the front wall of the rear pocket member andthe top edge of the rear wall of the front pocket member together; thefront wall of the front pocket member being wider than the rear wallthereof and having its top edge folded upon itself Y to form a welt thatnormally holds the mouth of the front pocket member in an open position;means securing thel lower corners of the front pocket member to thefrontl wall of the rear pocket member to form an open sided chamberbetween the front and rear pocket members; and belt means secured to theupper edge of the rearwall of the rear pocket member. Y

6. A carpenters and mechanics apron comprising: a- `belt member; a twopart apron member, eachpart having i a back pouch formed from a singlepiece of-material folded upon itself intermediate its ends and with-itsback wall supported by its upper margin being connected to said belt; afront pouch formed from a single piece ofmaterial folded upon itselfintermediate its ends and with its back wall supported by its uppermargin from the upper portion of the front wall of the back pouch, andsecured at its lower corners to the front wall of the back pouch, thespace between the front wall of the back pouch and the back wall of thefront pouch providing a chamber intermediate the back and front pouches.

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